People behind cynical referendum mailer deserve ongoing harsh blowback

By: Roger Chesley

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 926

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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A.C. Cordoza, a former Republican state delegate, should know better. So should every other GOP operative in Virginia who supports an anti-redistricting mailer targeting Black voters in the April 21 referendum.

It’s despicable they’ve raised the specter of Jim Crow – in a state that long suppressed Black turnout through poll taxes, literacy tests and other racist chicanery – as the rationale for state Democrats forcing the referendum to redraw congressional lines.

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